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WHO WAS CONVICTED: A woman in Pennsylvania reported her rape to the police
WHAT EVIDENCE LED TO CONVICTION: When police came to the scene, they collected as evidence the woman’s fitbit found laying in a hallway
WHY DID THE EVIDENCE INDICATE GUILT: The woman claimed she had gone to sleep and was later attacked, but the data downloaded from the Fitbit indicated the woman was walking about at the time and logged her heart rate
Wall Street Journal | Prosecutors Say Fitbit Device Exposed…
No. Nien. Nyett. Nej. A federal judge ruled that people caught in the data breach at Ashley Madison cannot remain anonymous.
Why did these plaintiffs want to be anonymous? Fear of the impact to the professional and personal lives.
Why did the court deny the request? Because the data breach is not equal to instances when a person can remain anonymous. Those instances are reserved for minors, rape, or other highly sensitive matters.
Where did the ride share data report originate? UBER produced its first ever transparency report
The numbers of data requests from July 2015 to December 2015:
The Hill | Encryption bill draft worries tech community
CNET | Encryption bill would force companies to surrender user data
Health insurance and health data sells for 60 to 70 times what social security numbers sell for on the black market.
IT Portal Pro | Why your medical information is gold for hackers
Which state passed new data security laws in 2016? Wyoming
Were the new laws the result of a breach or a legislative mandate? The result of a 2 year, 4-member Joint Task Force on Digital Information Privacy
What are agencies asked to do? 2 tasks
Where does procurement come into…
What entity released guidelines on teleworking and cyber security? The National Institute of Standards and Technology
What suggestions in the guidelines that will direct procurement opportunities?
virtual mobile infrastructure technologies
that create temporary, secure environments for teleworkers who need to access organizational data that are destroyed when the session is over
Why are wireless mice vulnerable to hacking? Unencrypted communication with computers is what guide the mice.
What does that mean? For $20, someone a block away can trick your computer into using its mouse and steal your data.
Why would regulators care? Because regulators stress encryption in data security.
Reuters | Wireless mice leave billions at risk of computer hack: cyber security firm
What entities are the new targets for data security enforcement? HIPPA adjacent health and wellness companies.
Why are HIPPA adjacent health and wellness companies the focus of regulators? These companies collect and store personal health information. For example:
What happened on University of California campuses to cause a UC hacker policy? In 2015 Hackers Broke into the UCLA Medical Center.
In response to the hack what policy did UC officials enact? UC installed data monitors that stores internet traffic on campuses for 30 days
Do faculty like this idea? No, UC has a policy dating back to the 1930s that providers for collaborative policy making in conjunction with faculty input. It’s all very Californian.
Did UC create a greater data security…